I will try my best to imagine you with dark blonde hair Piglet

I'm sorry to hear about the job, but I'm sure you will find something more appropriate soon. I hope it won't annoy you so much in the meantime. I suggest wearing a t-shirt with the sign "I have just done a PhD in..." so one of those wine-loving academics would see it when they come to your shop

I only have images of a few people - pea is definitely blonde, about2defend (who became onwards&upwards I think) is heavily pregnant sitting in front of a PC and looks like someone who used to be in my department. Coastman also really reminds me (by what he says) of someone I went to school with who's doing a geography PhD...but I think he's in the wrong part of the country, and I think juno said she was small and 'thin' (didn't weigh much anyway - we had a weight discussion once).

Sorry for changing the topic but as we were feeding the thread a while ago I was wondering whether it could start smoking - I really could do with a fag and I am not allowed so perhaps if I could have a virtual fag break?
Does anyone want to meet for virtual fag breaks at ten and half three?

oz, it seems everyone has quit smoking

I don't smoke by the way.

No! the forum cannot take up smoking - it is but a child!

You can only smoke on here until the 1st of July, this is a public place remember!

Please! I really need one! Don't you think the thread is grown up enough with 2 years 3 month and seven days and 1470 viewers which makes *brain steaming* if we assume that the average user is about 26 years? old and we have 1470 comments which are from *hmm* guess 80 users? then are thread has the average life experience of 26*80...
2080 years! This should be older than Jedi Yoda and when its/her/his life experience started smoking was still something nice and sitting togetehr and smoking a pipe was the social event!
*aaahhhh* it tasts so nice

(wearily) Just go outside oz...

In fact, don't. We'll help you to quit - here's a supply of nicotine patches

I have already stopped as I know it is bad BUT my supervisor was such a pain today and yesterday and ... and I just want to have this feeling of going outside (of course!!! that's the point) and stand their meaningfully p**sed off and let the steam out it does not work out of my ears

oh we're on page 99! who will get the first post on page 100?

i completely understand you, oz - bad supervisor meetings or bad funding decisions tend to make me pick up the bad habits i had got rid of or had been trying to get rid of.
sending you lots of encouragement! stick to your decision to stop... just because your supervisor lets you down is no reason for you to let yourself down!

Yes I am the winner! Now if I can just sustain my winning streak and find a job to earn some much needed money...

well you can't be lucky here AND in the job-hunt. so i am relieving you of the burden of being the winner here, in order that you might become the winner in that job-hunt.

I take it as everything else went wrong today - after quite agood start this morning. For about five minutes I thought the wind has actually changed but no, back to the good old c*** - I am actually now allowed virtual cigarettes? Or can we have a choclate picture?